Luggage handle



May 29, 1951 R. RUPERT LUGGAGE HANDLE Filed sept. 1e, 1948 (Iftomeg: l

Patented May 29, 1951 UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE 2,554,795 LUGGAGE HANDLE Richard Rupert, Kansas City, Mo.

Application September 16, 1948, Serial No. 49,517

1 Claim. (Cl. 190-58) This invention relates to handles, and more particularly to handles for luggage or the like.

Heretofore with handles of this character it has been necessary to provide clips secured to the luggage and having a bearing for a removable pin or the like carried by the handle and then to rivet or otherwise secure the pin to the clip on the luggage. Very often this fastening means would become loose and that would necessitate refastening of the handle to the clips.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a handlehaving clips engageable with the handle and adapted to be riveted or otherwise secured to the luggage so that the handle will be permanently attached to the luggage.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a handle having ends equipped with pins and openings between the pins and the body of the handle for receiving the fastening clips; to provide the hand-hold portion of the handle with a widened surface to provide easier handling of the luggage without injury to the hand, and to provide a handle of this character light in weight, economical to manufacture and eflicient in operation.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my handle and attaching clips shown attached to a piece of luggage.

Fig. 2 is a transverse cross-section through the handle taken on a line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional View on the line 3 3, Fig. 4, particularly illustrating the attaching clip.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the attaching clip.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of the handle.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

I designates a handle embodying the features of my invention comprising a hand-hold 2 having downwardly facing terminal ends 3 and 4. The terminals 3 and 4 are yoke-shaped and form shanks 5 and 6 having enlarged ends 1 and 8 substantially circular in shape and connected by pins El, that are concentric therewith and form flange portions l and 8' circumferentially of the pins. The web Ill of the handle proper is spaced from the pins to form openings I I therebetween. The top edge l2 of the handle is slightly enlarged and has rounded surfaces I3 merging with the web portion I3 and at substantially the center of the hand-hold a lower edge Ifiof the handle is enlarged by outwardly extending flanges I5 and I6 to provide a larger gripping surface for the hand of the user. The lower ends of the handle, where they merge with the yoke portions 3 and 4, are turned slightly outwardly as indicated at I1 (Fig. 6).

The handle is secured in position on tli luggage or the like I8 by clips I9 having U-shaped portions 20 of substantially the same outer radius as the circular ends of the Shanks 5 and B and of slightly larger inner radius than the radius of the pins to provide bearing surfaces 2| for accommodating the pins 9 of the handle. The width of the U-shaped portion of each clip is just enough to permit substantial Contact between the opposite sides of such portion and the confrontingsides of the flange portion 'I' and B. The clips have laterally extending ears 22 and 23 provided with openings 24 and 25 for receiving fastening devices, such as rivets or the like, 26 and 27, by which the clips are secured to the luggage.

I preferably form my handle and clips from plastic material but it will be obvious any suitable material may be utilized.

In assembling the device constructed as described the clips I9 are applied to the pins 9 of the terminal ends of the handle by passing one end of the clip through the opening II between the pin and the web of the handle in such a manner that the U-shaped portions 20 will pivctally engage the pins, the openings being sufcient to allow the clips to pass therethrough. The clips are then applied to the luggage by the fastening devices 26 and 2l. When the clips are applied to the luggage the open sides of the U-shaped portion 2l) are closed so that it is impossible to d'isplace the handle. The flange portions 'l' and 8 of the handle retain the pins in contact with the bearing surfaces of the clips and limit the axial movement of the handle. The flange portions also provide sufficient material to permit casting of the pins as an integral part of the handle when the handle is formed of plastic material.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided an improved handle for luggage and fastening means therefor which will obviate the necessity of replacement of pins or refastening of pins due to their becoming loose in use.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A handle for luggage or the like comprising, a

body having downwardly facing yokes forming laterally spaced Shanks having circular ends, pins coaxial with said ends and of less diameter whereby circumferential flange portions are formed about the pins, said shanks being of a length to space the pins from said body to provide openings therebetween, and clips having substantially U-shaped portions having an outer radius substantially conforming to the radius of said circular ends and having an inner radius substantially conforming to the radius of the pins to provide bearing surfaces for the pins after the clips are inserted through said openings and mounted in operative positions, said clips being of a width substantially conforming 15 1,023,175

to the spacing between said circular ends to re- REFERENCES CITED Thev following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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